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Alzheimer Disease
Brain changes are more likely to present as dementia in women than in men
August 18th, 2005
Researchers from the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center found that plaques and tangles in the brain, the changes seen in people with Alzheimer disease (AD), are more likely to be expressed as dementia in women than in men. In the Archives of General Psychiatry, "Sex differences in the clinical manifestations of Alzheimer disease pathology," principal investigator Lisa L. Barnes, PhD, sought to determine whether the relation between levels of AD pathology and clinical symptoms of AD differed in men and women. Alzheimer disease is the leading cause of dementia in older people, she noted. The researchers studied older Catholic nuns, priests, and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-08-18)
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